Lesák Aurel

Aurel Lesák’s father was an amateur puppeteer with the Prague-based Říše loutek (Puppet Paradise)
theatre. From 1951 to 1954 Lesák studied at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Technical
University in Prague, and subsequently worked as a rail dispatcher. His neighbour, Miroslav Černý,
who was an actor with the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre, asked him to help with the theatre’s technical matters.
Lesák started collaborating with the Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre in the days when it was still led by Josef Skupa
and was employed there from 1959 to 1999.

Lesák’s wife, Božena, as well as his daughter, Zuzana Štancelová, are puppet designers and scenographers.